A Palm Coast woman is behind bars and being held without bond after police in Daytona Beach said she smothered her husband while he was in a local hospital. Claire Metz reports.

A Palm Coast woman is behind bars and being held without bond after police in Daytona Beach said she smothered her husband while he was in a local hospital. Claire Metz reports.

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Updated: 10:00 PM EDT Aug 29, 2016

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WEBVTT TH AND NOSE AND HIS TRACH TUBE TO PREVENT HIM FROM BREATHING >> POLICE SAY 64-YEAR-OLD HENRY SOCHALSKI WAS MURDERED IN HIS BED AT FLORIDA HOSPITAL DAYTONA BEACH MAY 19 SMOTHERED BY HI WIFE, 61-YEAR-OLD JAN SOCHALSKI, A RETIRED NURSE. SUSPECT SOCHALSKI ALLEGEDLY ADMITTED TO BEING IN THE ROOM WHEN HER HUSBAND PASSED BUT DENIED KILLING HIM SHE DID LITTLE THINGS, LAID HIM FLAT, SHE DISCONNECTED HIS OXYGEN TUBE, SHE LAID ON TOP OF A PERSON THAT WAS HAVING TROUB BREATHING. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WENT TO THE HOSPITAL IN APRIL FOR ELECTIVE BACK SURGERY THEN SUFFERED A MEDICAL EPISODE THAT RENDERED HIM UNRESPONSIVE, HE WAS PLACED ON LIFE SUPPORT, RECEIVING COMFORT CARE BUT POLICE SAY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SUSPECT SOCHALSKI SEEMED TO WORK AGAINST STAFFS EFFORTS TO POTENTIALLY SAVE HER HUSBAND. THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT SHE DID ALONG THE WAY THAT DON' SEEM TO MATCH UP WITH HER TRYING TO HELP HIM GET BETTER. POLICE SAY THE DAY SOCHALSKI DIED, STAFF REPORTED NO PROBLEMS UNTIL HIS WIFE, WHO HAD SIGNED A DO NOT RESUSITATE ORDER, WAS ALONE IN THE ROOM WITH HIM. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER FOUND EVIDENCE ALL THE VICTIMS AIRWAYS HAD BEEN BLOCKED. POLICE GOT A WARRANT FOR THE SUSPECT AND MADE THE ARREST TODAY AT THE SUSPECTS HOME IN PALM COAST. POLICE WILL NOT SPECULATE ON A MOTIVE FOR THIS

Palm Coast woman accused of murdering husband

A Palm Coast woman is behind bars and being held without bond after police in Daytona Beach said she smothered her husband while he was in a local hospital. Claire Metz reports.